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• arie bastiaan NIEMANSVERDRIET, strijen sas († 1793)
• Anna te Koppele
• Aaltje Klaasse Hos, Assendelft NH NL († 1858)
• Andries Willems, Heech
• Adriaan van Boven, Veere († 1835)
• Aaltje Klaas Hos, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annegie Vreeswijk, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1824)
• Antonius Joannes Feber, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1850)
• Annatje Sybrens Bangma, Woudsend, Friesland, Nederland († 1855)
• Adriaan Vaes, Heist-op-den-Berg, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium († 1848)

• Adriana Schaliboom (45), Teteringen, 4847, Nederland
• Helena Joostdr Krook (43), geertruidenberg (noord brabant)
• Anna Theresia Mortier (61), Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Joannis van der Toorn (0), Scheveningen
• Jan Willemse, Rotterdam
• Anna Theresia Mortier (61), Ichtegem
• Helena Krook (43), Geertruidenberg
• Christianus Jans Rijken, Niftrik,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vandevoorde (73), Lebbeke
• Catharina Christina Schaaf (72), Solingen, Allemagne

• 1727 » Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator († 1779)
• 1746 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor († 1828)
• 1750 » John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer († 1836)
• 1793 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1877)
• 1805 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist († 1887)
• 1811 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic († 1899)
• 1820 » Anna Sewell, English author († 1878)
• 1820 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania († 1882)
• 1844 » Paul Verlaine, French poet († 1896)
• 1853 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator († 1890)

• 1689 » Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish atheist and philosopher (b. 1634)
• 1707 » Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French general and engineer (b. 1633)
• 1764 » Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1695)
• 1783 » William Hunter, Scottish anatomist and physician (b. 1718)
• 1804 » Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)
• 1830 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 » Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer (b. 1778)
• 1842 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
• 1864 » Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.

The temperature on March 30, 1778 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.